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'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Tickleme

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'tik-&l-"mE/

Sentence: While the toddler quickly learned that affecting a lisp was a good way to get adults to do what she wanted, it wasn't until long after it started having the opposite effect that she realized it for the tickleme it was.

Etymology: As in the "Tickle-me Elmo" doll. Some (not all) may have found it once cute, but no talking toy with less than a 50-sentence vocabulary can help but become annoying after awhile.

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Jiltrait

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: jill-trate (rhymes with filtrate)

Sentence: Hogan wondered why his relationships never lasted; finally a friend told him about all of his bad jiltraits.

Etymology: jilt + trait

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Endearaffront

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front

Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.

Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00

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Sexappall

Created by: purpleartichokes

Pronunciation: seks-uh-pall

Sentence: Over time, Sue realized that Bob had developed sexappall; not only did he pass gas in public, he loudly rated his emissions on a scale of 1 to 10.

Etymology: sex appeal, appall

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COMMENTS:

maybe that explains the wilted flowers - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-15: 13:22:00

Very likely. Who would want a fartner with such a terrible characteristink? - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 14:43:00

You'd better be careful purple - this infiltration of verbospeak may require a verbotomy lobotomy - Jabberwocky, 2007-02-15: 15:40:00

Lingosuction? OHNOOOOOOOOOO!!! - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 17:27:00

this is getting wordiculous...absword even - rikboyee, 2007-02-15: 19:31:00

(Methinks rikboyee needs lingosuction more than I.) - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 19:42:00

very funny! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 21:11:00

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Idiotsyncrasy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: id eeeot sin kras ee

Sentence: she was amazed at how quickly his idiosyncrasies became idiotsyncrasies in the morning light,

Etymology: idiot + syncrasy

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Cutetopuke

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.

Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.

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Proclirritation

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun

Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.

Etymology: proclivity + irritation

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Relationslip

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ree/lay/shun/slip

Sentence: Playing air guitar every time he said something funny was cute at first but turned into a giant relationslip

Etymology: relationship + slip

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COMMENTS:

This is good and goofy! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 17:13:00

thanks wordmeister - porsche, 2007-02-16: 09:38:00

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Ewsik

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: EEeeeeeeewwwwww SICK!

Sentence: Julie's ewsik has gotten to the point that every time she clears her throat I wanna grab her by the hair and smash her face in. "I think it's cute." You would. She's all yours.

Etymology: My xgf used to say eww sick all the time.

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COMMENTS:

ew rock! - Nosila, 2009-09-10: 01:50:00

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Dearthquirk

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: derth-kwirk

Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes

Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.

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COMMENTS:

ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00

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Comments:

wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...

ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.